On the differences between Chinese and foreign literature from the perspective of literary genre;
Judging from the development of the history of ancient Chinese literature, China literature is better at lyricism than narration. Whether the Book of Songs, as a representative of China's pre-Qin realism, or Li Sao, as a representative of romanticism, lyricism is superior to narration, which also forms a tradition of being better at lyricism in the history of China literature.
1. Compared with other literary genres, the literary genre that can better express the poet's lyricism is undoubtedly poetry. Therefore, in the history of China ancient literature, the development of poetry is superior to other literary genres. From the four-character poems in The Book of Songs to the five-character poems and seven-character quatrains, it represents the gradual maturity of China's poems. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, literature has gradually become conscious and its style has begun to diverge. Besides poetry, it is endowed with style.
2. As Lu Ji said in Wen Fu, "Poetry is beautiful because of love and clear because of style." Cao Pi said in "Dian Lun Paper" that "Shu Ren is lofty, loyal to his voice, and suffering from his own opinions, he is called a sage." The husband's text is the same, but it is different at the end. Beautiful cover, reasonable style, realistic inscription and beautiful poetry. These four subjects are different, so what you can do is partial subjects; Only communication can prepare the body.
"Poetry has different functions from other styles. Poetry is mainly used to express will and feelings. It was not until the Ming and Qing Dynasties that poetry was surpassed by novels and operas, and because of the slogan of "advocating new literature and overthrowing old literature", poetry was regarded as aristocratic literature and officially disappeared.
Foreign literature is not like this: in foreign literature, narration is always longer than lyricism. In ancient Greece and Rome, a literary genre similar to poetry appeared, but it was different from lyric poetry. It is an epic dominated by narration. In Homer's Iliad and Odysseus, the stories and experiences of heroes are mainly told.
Looking at the development history of foreign literature, whether it is the epic of ancient Greece and Rome or the development of romanticism, realism and magical realism literature in the 16th to 20th century, there are always more narrative novels than lyric poems.
The essential difference between Chinese and foreign literature lies in the differences in ideology and culture, which leads to the development of individualism in foreign literature, such as wisdom, equality and democracy. The development of honest collectivism culture in China literature. After the New Culture Movement, Chinese and foreign literature began to meet.
Under the influence of Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao and others, China literature began to learn from western literature, and Zhang Ziping, Yu Dafu, Guo Moruo and other writers with the characteristics of western romantic literature appeared.
The ideological and cultural differences between Chinese and foreign literature have caused the differences between Chinese and foreign literature. They belong to different literary reflections, and there is no difference between them. Every nation's literature is a reflection of its people's ideology and culture. We should face up to their differences, learn from each other's strengths, and don't have to worship foreign things.